THE RIPJAWS KM780 RGB

Measuring 518mm in length, 172mm in width and 48mm in height the 1.36Kg heavy RIPJAWS KM780 RGB is certainly large but not the largest keyboard around (notice the brushed aluminum plate that makes the top of the keyboard).

The G.SKILL logo is placed on both the top center and the far left of the keyboard (the handle like area is actually part of the aluminum frame).

On the far left we also see the 6 dedicated macro keys along with the 3 mode keys and the on-the-fly macro recording key.

Right next to the mode keys we find the Windows lock, LED backlight toggle and timer keys.

The media navigation buttons (including a nice volume control wheel) are placed on the upper right corner right above the LED volume display bar.

In front of the media navigation buttons we see the USB 2.0 pass-through port, the two 3.5mm headphone and microphone mini jacks and the game mode switch.

Here we see the RGB backlit Cherry MX brown mechanical switches.

Taking a look at the base of the keyboard we see 4 rubber feet, two height adjusters and the aluminum frame.

G.SKILL has also placed a cable holder which can be used to keep the cable of your mouse in check.

The height adjusters can lift the keyboard roughly 1.3cm from the desk.

This is what the plastic case includes, 10 FPS red keycaps and a keycap puller.

You can attach the plastic case onto the aluminum frame as seen above.

The FPS keycaps are designed to stand out from the rest of the keyboard (they are also thicker) but that's not all since the WAD keycaps are also taller.

With the FPS keycaps mounted the KM780 RGB looks quite nice (would be even nicer if G.SKILL had bundled FPS keycaps for the arrow keys). With the wrist rest attached the keyboard width increases to 228mm and its weight increases to 1.54Kg.

The wrist rest is rubber coated at the top so you don't have to worry about your hands slipping.

G.SKILL has also used a 2 meter long double-braided cable which has two gold plated USB plugs at the end (one is for the pass-through port) and two gold plated 3.5mm plugs.

Once you plug the keyboard into your system it will light up red (not RGB). Above you can see the highest and lowest illumination levels.